He emphasized the basics of the Japanese martial art, and he encouraged his students to develop their own interpretations of it. By Clay Risen Yoshimitsu Yamada, who more than anyone else was ...
When Mitsugi Saotome walked into Sarasota’s 12th Street Dojo on a warm evening in mid-May, he looked like he had walked straight out of a Japanese Western. Small in stature, he wore a wide-brimmed ...